Ed Canner begins his second year as the head coach of the men and women's tennis team after a long history in the Long Island tennis community.

A 1974 graduate of Adelphi University, Canner earned his Master's from Adelphi in 1986. He also obtained a Master's degree from LIU-C.W. Post in 1981 and has spent the last 30 years teaching physical education in Long Beach, New York.

In his first year at the helm of the Panthers, Canner helped lead the men's squad to a 13-9 record and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2003, their second overall in 65 plus years as a program. The women's squad also saw success under the direction of Canner, posting a 5-2 East Coast Conference (ECC) record and coaching Alda Ribeiro to an ECC Rookie of the Year title.

Canner has also managed and instructed at the James J. McCabe tennis facility in Long Beach for the past ten year's and prior to that was an instructor at the John A. Anderson Tennis Facility in Rockville Centre, New York.

Canner is currently an adjunct professor in the Physical Education Department at Adelphi University.